Knowledge of Hausa revolts was distorted by planter manipulation and anti-Muslim bias
Evidence
The āHausa revoltsā between 1808 and 1835, Kent maintains, were a construct of part fact, part attempted manipulation by local planters and merchants of state authorities, and part prejudicial renderings of evidence of Muslim involvement. Hausa slaves were, no doubt, quite active as insurrectionists. Jose Rodrigues has written quite recently: āThe least submissive Negroes in Brazil were the Hausas; they headed all uprisings in Bahia and in Brazil, being especially prominent in those of 1720, 1806, 1809, 1813, 1814, 1822, 1826, 1835, and 1838.ā ā Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Blackā¦, 763
Categorization
Category: Contrarian or Surprising Claims
- QUESTION: Worth chasing: how much of what is known about early slave resistance was crafted by planters and prejudiced officials?
Related
- The category āHausa revoltsā mixed fact, planter manipulation, and anti-Muslim bias. (similarity 0.87)
- Hausa slaves led nearly every major Bahian uprising between 1720 and 1838. (similarity 0.85)
- Hausa slaves led most major Bahian uprisings across two centuries. (similarity 0.81)
Broader Connections
- Colonial observers falsely attributed insurgent royalism to African ignorance
#corroborates(0.70) ā Dubois, Laurent, Avengers of the New World_ The Story ofā¦, 370 - Colonial dissidents were punished for accusing officials of condoning planter atrocities
#corroborates(0.60) ā Ann Laura Stoler, Along the Archival Grain_ Epistemicā¦, 1103 - Preconceptions about Muslims filter out information that contradicts them
#corroborates(0.55) ā Carl W. Ernst, Islamophobia in America_ The Anatomy ofā¦, 94